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furnish assistance

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In a little-known corner of the United States Code, the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, Congress gave the president extraordinary authority in times of humanitarian disaster: "[N]otwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other Act, the President is authorized to furnish assistance to any foreign country, international organization, or private voluntary organization, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for international disaster relief and rehabilitation.
On the one hand, they face intense pressure from the US to furnish assistance in the campaign against terrorism, with all that that might entail by way of a possible US military attack against Iraq.
 
 
 
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